In studying the oceans, you will come to see the links between disciplines and how the oceans influence everything around us. Here is a list of interesting links you may find helpful in wanting to explore these issues further. Please email us if you know of a link we should add or if you have any feedback.

Mystic Seaport Museum

G.W. Blunt White Library

Mystic Seaport Museum Home Page

Literature of the Sea

Searchable Sea Literature

The Walt Whitman Archive

Representative Poetry Online, University of Toronto

Melville Society

Melville’s Marginalla Online

Association for Study of Literature and the Environment

The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson

The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens

Marine Policy

National Marine Fisheries Service

New England Fisheries Management Council

National Sea Grant

Rhode Island Sea Grant maintained by University of Rhode Island

National Marine Sanctuaries Home Page maintained by NOAA

Maritime Global Net Links to current events in shipping

Fishery Market News maintained by NOAA

Whaling.Com, an Environmental News Service maintained by WorldNews.Com

Professional Mariner On-Line, News of the Shipping Industry maintained by Professional Mariner magazine

Maritime History

Index to Ships in Books created and maintained by Williams-Mystic alumnus Peter McCracken

Maritime History Resources, A Collection

Historical and Educational Maritime Groups

Marine Sciences
Oceanography News
Climate News
Marine Weather Forecasts
El Nino
Tsunami Bulletins
Earthquake Hazards
Erupting Volcanoes
Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast
Fishbase
AMNH Climate Change
Long Island Sound Study